Chapter Ninety-Nine: Corpse Incense Konjac Flower (1)

Luo Shiyin, Shi Tianji and other five people successively went down to the bottom of the cave along the rope.

"My lord, judging by the direction of the torches, this underground river should be connected to the outside world. If we follow the river, we should be able to find the exit to this underground channel. Shi Lang reported to Luo Shiyin.

Luo Shiyin bent down and observed the damp river under his feet. As you can see from the smooth side of the pebbles underfoot, the direction ahead should be the direction in which the water flows out.

"Everyone follow Shi Lang forward." Luo Shiyin ordered.

Shi Lang held the torch and walked forward along the river. Others followed.

Although the river is curved, the cobblestone riverbed at your feet is relatively flat. Under the light of the torches, the stone walls and the roof of the cave, which are more than one person high, are all unusually smooth, apparently the result of the long-term erosion of the river, which indicates that the river is filled with water rushing down from the upper reaches during the flood season.

"How far do we have to go, I'm too hungry to stand it." Shi Tianji walked at the back of the line and shouted.

Yes, since I set off from Asan Town in the morning, I have been running all the way, and it should be past noon at this time. The team members did not get a drop of water.

"Come on, Lao Shi, hold on a little longer. Maybe when we go out, there is a liquor store right at the exit of this cave. When the time comes, you'll be ready to eat a feast. Xie Yuan said.

"You water snake waist, you know to be happy with me. What liquor store can open in this wilderness? You think I'm stupid! Shi Tianji was originally grumbling with hunger, but Xie Yuan's words suddenly aroused his resentment.

"Lao Shi, you can't say that. Maybe this cave entrance happens to be a scenic spot or a traffic artery, and it is not impossible to have such a tavern and restaurant. Shi Lang walked at the front of the line and said.

"Brother Shi, grit your teeth and stick to the entrance of the cave, you can always find a place to eat." Ye Ruliu said.

"Good, good, persistent. I don't have any opinions, mainly because this stomach always asks me. Shi Tianji followed Ye Ruliu's words and said.

"General Li, are you familiar with the people and landforms around here?" Luo Shiyin asked Li Ruzhu.

"The peaks and peaks of this Yashan Mountain are connected, stretching for hundreds of miles, and there are many karst caves and dark rivers underground. In this criss-crossing underground cavern river, ordinary people can't tell the direction and location at all. Li Ruzhu heard the meaning of Luo Shiyin's words to ask him about the scene outside the cave after he came out of this cave, so he said.

"It seems that it is difficult to judge how far away we are from Asan Town." Luo Shiyin seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be asking Li Ruzhu for confirmation.

"It should ...... Right. But...... It won't be too far either. Li Ruzhu replied plausibly.

"My lord, there's an exit ahead." Shi Lang held a torch in his hand and noticed an irregular low hole not far ahead.

Everyone stepped forward. Look down at the low hole in front of you.

It was a cave less than half a person high, and although the walls of the cave were irregular, they were as smooth as the stone walls of the river we walked on.

Shi Lang raised the torch in his hand into the cave, and everyone gathered to watch.

It turned out that the entrance of this cave was a cave door, and the scene inside the cave door was eye-catching. In front of everyone's eyes, there is a huge lava cave hall. Due to the limited brightness of the torches, everyone could not see the whole picture of the cave hall at all. But as far as the eye can see, the cave hall in front is so big that I'm afraid the six people have never seen it.

Below the door of the cave is a cliff about two zhang high straight up and down, below the cliff is a deep pit, a pool of deep water in the pit is faintly visible, it should be the river water through the door of the cave to discharge and impact the impact.

On the left side of the cave is a circular side hole, which is not deep, and should lead to the cave hall below. The side hole was disconnected from the door in front of everyone, and the two were about a step away from each other, and below was the bottom of the black hole.

Shi Lang stepped into the cave with one foot, leaned over and put the torch in his hand into the side hole on the left. Burning flames appear noticeably inward-inclined.

"My lord, you should be able to go down. Or I'll go down and find my way. Shi Lang retracted his body and said to Luo Shiyin.

"Okay, let's go. Be careful. Luo Shiyin agreed to Shi Lang's request.

Shi Tianji took the torch in Shi Lang's hand and held the torch at the entrance of the cave to illuminate Shi Lang.

Shi Lang shrank and stepped over the hole, using a narrow stone under his feet, using his hands and feet, and stepped into the side cave.

After a while, everyone saw that Shi Lang was already standing next to a stalagmite in the cave hall below.

"Come down. Inside the side cave is a downward stone staircase that can be directly descended to the bottom of the cave. Shi Lang shouted.

Everyone learned Shi Lang's movements, stepped into the side cave in turn, and went down to the cave hall.

Shi Tianji and Luo Shiyin were the last two to enter the side cave. The specific action procedure is: Shi Tianji first handed the torch in his hand to Luo Shiyin, and then stepped into the side hole, caught the torch handed over by Luo Shiyin, and raised the torch at the side hole to illuminate Luo Shiyin. Luo Shiyin was the last to enter the side cave and went down to the cave hall with Shi Tianji.

The scene inside the cave hall is spectacular. The whole cave hall looks magnificent. At the bottom of the cave hall is a wide dark river, and the water surface is densely covered with stalagmites of different shapes, some like immortals guiding the way, and some like monkeys and peaches, the highest of them has reached the top of the cave, and the short ones have just emerged from the water.

The highest part of the cave hall is far more than three zhang. The roof of the cave is densely covered with large and small stalactites and goose tube stones. Water droplets drip from the roof of the cave down the stalactites into the river below, making a clear sound.

The stalactites hanging from the roof of some caves are connected to the stalagmites below, like two huge stone pillars built by artificiality.

The cave hall is flanked by stone curtains cascading down like waterfalls.

Stalagmites, stone curtains, stalactites, goose tube stones, dripping water, and dark rivers together form a wonderful cave wonderland.

Luo Shiyin's location is between the dark river and the stone mantle on the left, through the light of the torches, you can clearly observe the dark river under their feet is slowly flowing forward, which shows that in this cave, in addition to the dark river that the team just walked through, it is very likely that there are other dark rivers that have not yet dried up as tributaries of the dark river flowing in front of them to provide it with water sources.

Everyone stepped on the potholed rocks under their feet, followed the direction of the water, and slowly moved forward. As I walked, I saw a number of branch openings, which led in different directions. The dark river beside him suddenly burrowed into a culvert and disappeared.

"Which way do we go?" Shi Lang, who was walking in front, asked the people behind in a loud voice.

Luo Shiyin and the other five people behind the "......" didn't know which branch cave to go to for a while, and no one answered.

"Let's stop and observe." Luo Shiyin said.

"Brother 'Water Snake Waist', don't you have a lot of flowers, hurry up and give you ideas. See how to get around. Shi Tianji said to Xie Yuan.

"Otherwise, let's see if there's wind blowing out of that branch hole." Xie Yuan said after a little thought.

"Okay, then I'll start with the hole on the far left." After Shi Lang finished speaking, he walked to the rhombus-shaped branch hole on the far left with a torch.

Everyone couldn't help but follow behind Shi Lang.

There is no wind blowing out of the first two branch holes from left to right.

When everyone reached the entrance of the third branch cave, as Shi Lang raised the torch into the cave, the flames were obviously deflected backwards. You can clearly feel a cool breeze blowing from the branch cave. At the same time, everyone also smelled a pungent smell similar to that of a dead corpse coming from the cave.

"Hi, what does this smell, so stinky. It's like a dead body! Xie Yuan smelled this smell and couldn't help but cover his nose with his hand.

"It stinks!"

Everyone was smoked and retreated.

Shi Tianji, who was standing at the back of the line, seemed to be unaffected by the smell. He wanted to use his hand to push away Li Ruzhu, who was standing in front of him, and stepped forward to see what was going on. But as soon as his hand was on Li Ruzhu's shoulder, he saw Li Ruzhu turn around suddenly, staring straight at Shi Tianji with both eyes, and a hideous expression on his face.

"You are a devil of the Japanese country, return my father's life!" Li Ruzhu flew up and grabbed Shi Tianji's neck, and refused to let go. At the same time, he opened his mouth and bit Shi Tianji's neck.

"General Li, I'm Lao Shi. What's wrong with you? Shi Tianji shouted loudly while dodging Li Ruzhu's bite.

Li Ruzhu still tried to bite Shi Tianji's neck regardless of it.

Luo Shiyin, Xie Yuan, and Ye Ruliu hurriedly turned around and forcibly pushed Li Ruzhu away from Shi Tianji. Shi Lang also rushed over with torches.

"Sister Zhuqing, I can't stand you, I'm going to kill all those who hurt you...... Ah......" Li Ruzhu, who was under control, struggled desperately, trying to get out of control.

"You can strangle me. What's going on with him? Evil? Shi Tianji, who was freed, rubbed his neck and said suspiciously.

"Isn't it scared by something?" Ye Ruliu seemed to be talking to herself.

"General Li, I'm Luo Shiyin. Are you okay? Luo Shiyin leaned in front of Li Ruzhu's eyes and asked with concern.

"Good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil...... I...... Kill you, for my dad and Zhuqing girl...... Avenge. Let me go! Li Ruzhu still struggled, staring blankly at everyone around her, as if she didn't know them at all. And there seemed to be an infinite burst of power in his body. Luo Shiyin, Xie Yuan and Ye Ruliu could not control him at all.

Shi Lang hurriedly pulled Ye Ruliu away and handed her the torch, and then clasped Li Ruzhu's left arm with his own hands.

Shi Tianji also came over, replaced Luo Shiyin and Xie Yuan, twisted Li Ruzhu's right hand with one hand, and strangled Li Ruzhu's neck from behind with the other hand.

Li Ruzhu, who was firmly controlled by Shi Lang and Shi Tianji, was still struggling desperately, his neck was strangled by Shi Tianji, and his two eyes were almost bulging.

"The dragon descends to help me...... Fall...... Demon ......" Although her neck was strangled, Li Ruzhu still shouted in a slurred voice.

With Li Ruzhu's shouting, everyone saw a golden dragon flying towards this side from the top of the cave. At the same time, the roof of the cave was full of stars. Everyone suddenly felt that they were in the infinite starry sky, fluttering like immortals.

"Why am I dizzy?" Ye Ruliu held the torch in one hand, and couldn't help but hold his forehead with the other.

"It's not good, it's a corpse incense konjac flower!" Xie Yuan seemed to suddenly understand something, and he couldn't help but shout.